[Gluster-devel] Improved developer documentation

[Kaushal M]

I've linked to the old page several times from the new document, so
I'd like to leave it as is for now. I'll probably add a link to the
new doc at the top of old doc.

~kaushal

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Anand Avati <avati at gluster.org> wrote:
> Great initiative Kaushal! Making the life of newcomers as frictionless as
> possible is always most welcome. I would suggest having a single workflow
> document (just replace the content of Development_Work_Flow as a lot of
> people would have bookmarked the link etc.)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Kaushal M <kshlmster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> The current description GlusterFS development workflow on [1] is not
>> easy to follow for new contributors and hasn't been updated in some
>> time. This makes it a hard for new contributors to start.
>>
>> To make it easier for newer contributors, I've created a new
>> simplified workflow document at [2]. I believe this is much easier for
>> a newcomer to follow and will help GlusterFS get new contributors.
>> Most of this page links to [1] for additional details.
>>
>> Apart from this, I would like to also rewrite [1] to make it more
>> structured and easier to consume, while still giving more information
>> than [2]. I will do this as I get time.
>>
>> I've also created a new Building GlusterFS page [3] which will provide
>> up to date instructions for building GlusterFS. This currently gives
>> information for building GlusterFS from source and building RPMs. I
>> hope additional sections on building packages.
>>
>> I also hope to add documentation on debugging GlusterFS soon.
>>
>> Comments and contributions to the new documentation are welcome. :-)
>>
>> ~kaushal
>>
>> [1] -
>> http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Development_Work_Flow
>> [2] -
>> http://gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Simplified_dev_workflow
>> [3] -
>> http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Building_GlusterFS
>>
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